Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hopes to hold onto power by selling himself as the repairman for a broken Britain. On Wednesday, he got a faint sign that the repair work was gaining traction: the government announced that Britain’s inflation rate in June was 7.9 percent, a decline from the previous month. But Britain’s inflation rate…
The statement from Ventosilla’s family “raises very serious questions that deserve clear and accurate answers,” Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said. “Harvard Kennedy School supports the family’s call for an immediate and thorough investigation and for public release of all relevant information, and the School stands with all of Rodrigo’s friends and colleagues and…
At least 40 people have died in floods and landslides in one of the country’s worst monsoon seasons. Source link
Scorching temperatures across Europe forced the closure of the Acropolis in Athens for a second day as officials warned Saturday of even hotter weather next week, when the mercury is forecast to top 40 C in several popular Mediterranean tourist destinations. In cities, those venturing out at all drenched themselves in fountains while others sought out…
Flooding and landslides caused by heavy rains in South Korea have killed at least seven people, and three others were missing on Saturday morning, the authorities said. Five people died inside buildings that had collapsed from landslides, and one person was buried in earth and sand, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. A seventh…